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Re: 2023 Baseball Season
By: Tml Date: March 7, 2023, 3:00 pm
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[quote author=ry1nik link=topic=977.msg39027#msg39027
date=1677441008]
I think SB’s baseball program is generally overrated because of
the World Series appearance in 2012. Although they’ve done
relatively well in the America East, doing well among mediocrity
is only average at best.
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Senk knows baseball, though. Long time here but highly regarded
in a lot of places.
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Re: 2023 Baseball Season
By: Accelerator Date: March 13, 2023, 3:26 pm
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Once we got back to the Northeast we won 5 in a row
Evan Giordano named national player of the week after going
14-for-22 with 14 RBIs in 5 games.
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Re: 2023 Baseball Season
By: Hammertime Date: March 13, 2023, 4:34 pm
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[quote author=Accelerator link=topic=977.msg39321#msg39321
date=1678739173]
Once we got back to the Northeast we won 5 in a row
Evan Giordano named national player of the week after going
14-for-22 with 14 RBIs in 5 games.
[/quote]
That should tell you SBU baseball is NOT a national contender.
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Re: 2023 Baseball Season
By: NJ Seawolf Date: March 13, 2023, 4:42 pm
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Not many Northeast programs can compete early season with the
southern programs early in the year. I don't think anybody
thinks a team from the CAA is a national championship contender
when you are competing against the SEC/Big 12/etc
They still have the potential to make a lot of noise and it will
be interesting to see how they handle the CAA this year.
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Re: 2023 Baseball Season
By: Accelerator Date: March 13, 2023, 4:48 pm
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I don't think a northeast school has ever won the full title.
Hell, we were the first northeast school to even make it to the
final 8 in 26 years in 2012.
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Re: 2023 Baseball Season
By: The Voice since 1988 Date: March 16, 2023, 12:37 am
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[quote author=NJ Seawolf link=topic=977.msg39323#msg39323
date=1678743727]
Not many Northeast programs can compete early season with the
southern programs early in the year. I don't think anybody
thinks a team from the CAA is a national championship contender
when you are competing against the SEC/Big 12/etc
They still have the potential to make a lot of noise and it will
be interesting to see how they handle the CAA this year.
[/quote]
Problem is, the CAA has a few Southern teams like College of
Charleston, which just lost a one-run game to Clemson on
Tuesday. They had 10-game winning streak before they dropped the
final game to William & Mary over the weekend. They even beat
Coastal Carolina. And Elon opened its season playing three tight
games against Kentucky, then kicked butt on a few northern teams
themselves.
Seawolves get their first taste of in-conference Southern
hospitality when they go down to Charleston this weekend. By the
way, that's where the CAA tournament will be played.
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Re: 2023 Baseball Season
By: Hammertime Date: March 16, 2023, 7:05 am
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[quote author=The Voice since 1988
link=topic=977.msg39349#msg39349 date=1678945032]
[quote author=NJ Seawolf link=topic=977.msg39323#msg39323
date=1678743727]
Not many Northeast programs can compete early season with the
southern programs early in the year. I don't think anybody
thinks a team from the CAA is a national championship contender
when you are competing against the SEC/Big 12/etc
They still have the potential to make a lot of noise and it will
be interesting to see how they handle the CAA this year.
[/quote]
Problem is, the CAA has a few Southern teams like College of
Charleston, which just lost a one-run game to Clemson on
Tuesday. They had 10-game winning streak before they dropped the
final game to William & Mary over the weekend. They even beat
Coastal Carolina. And Elon opened its season playing three tight
games against Kentucky, then kicked butt on a few northern teams
themselves.
Seawolves get their first taste of in-conference Southern
hospitality when they go down to Charleston this weekend. By the
way, that's where the CAA tournament will be played.
[/quote]
Thank you for the insight, Voice.. I agree with everything you
just said. The CAA is no AE. SBU is going to have a tough time
competing with all southern school in sports. Even SB women’s
Lax is going to struggle against some teams. But that is a good
thing. Maybe this athletic department can get their heads out of
their asses and focus on hiring real coaches and real AD. Who
wants to get this program on the map
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Re: 2023 Baseball Season
By: dennis.burgard Date: March 23, 2023, 4:35 am
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Northeastern has probably been the most consistently good
baseball program from the North in the CAA along with Hofstra
and they have won the last two tournaments between them. UNCW
has been the best in the conference since East Carolina left
many, many years ago. Campbell comes to the CAA next year and
has been really good for quite some time. They will probably be
one of the best programs in the CAA when they get here. Trips
to the Carolinas with Elon, Campbell, UNCW and Charleston will
be tough. William and Mary has been good as well. The good
thing is that there will be chances to get good wins in
conference play.
HTML https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Colonial_Athletic_Association_Baseball_Tournament
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Re: 2023 Baseball Season
By: The Voice since 1988 Date: March 25, 2023, 9:00 pm
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Kinda makes tomorrow's game a big one, doesn't it?
Seawolves split against UNC Wilmington on Friday, stole one from
Charleston last weekend. They take the rubber match on Sunday,
things look up considerably.
Don't stare too long at the pitching statistics. Just remember
that with a lot of these guys, a couple of scoreless innings
drops their ERA like a rock.
Enjoy the hitting, though. Giordano is at .398, Fox at .338.
Bellissimo and O'Neill showed me something yesterday. UNCW's
best hitter, Jac Croom at .435, went 0 for 4 in the second game.
Three of the four outs ended the inning, two of those with two
men on.
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Re: 2023 Baseball Season
By: The Voice since 1988 Date: March 26, 2023, 1:51 am
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[quote author=Hammertime link=topic=977.msg39350#msg39350
date=1678968344]
Thank you for the insight, Voice.. I agree with everything you
just said. The CAA is no AE. SBU is going to have a tough time
competing with all southern school in sports. Even SB women’s
Lax is going to struggle against some teams. But that is a good
thing. Maybe this athletic department can get their heads out of
their asses and focus on hiring real coaches and real AD. Who
wants to get this program on the map
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One coach you leave alone is Matt Senk. He's brought his program
up from Division III to the College World Series and if there is
anyone you can trust with a transition to the CAA, it's him.
Another is Joe Spallina. SB was picked to finish first in the
CAA in its very first year, and like last year, the only teams
they have had trouble with are ahead of them in the rankings.
They are a legit top 10 program with no signs of fading. And an
undefeated conference record will come as no surprise either.
I am naturally watching men's lax very closely as well. I think
right now they can compete in the CAA, but the question is
whether they can break through to the next level. Their last
NCAA appearance was in 2012, the same year the baseball team
went to Omaha, and baseball's been back to the dance a couple of
times since.
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